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Monday, 17 August 2020
What matters on this day
Shravana Krishna Paksha until 12:35 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:55 AM
Sunset6:54 PM
Nakshatra
until 6:44 AM
Avoid
7:32 AM – 9:10 AM
Auspicious
11:59 AM – 12:50 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Mahalaya Amavasya in 2 days Wed, 19 Aug
- Chandra Darshan in 3 days Thu, 20 Aug
- Shukla Shashti in 7 days Mon, 24 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:32 AM – 9:10 AM
10:47 AM – 12:24 PM
2:02 PM – 3:39 PM
11:07 AM – 12:50 PM, 3:26 PM – 5:10 PM
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival — an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More →
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise3:40 AM
Moonset5:44 PM
Siddhi until 5:58 AM
Vanija
Somavara
Your observances
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